Poet Laureate of Mississippi

Poet Laureate of Mississippi
Incumbent
Catherine Pierce
since 2021
TypePoet Laureate
Formation1963
First holderMaude Willard Leet Prenshaw

The poet laureate of Mississippi is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Natasha Trethewey was poet laureate in 2012.

List of poets laureate

# Poet laureate Term began Term ended Appointed by Notes
1 Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw 1963 1971 (death) Gov. Ross Barnett [1]
2 Louise Moss Montgomery 1973 January 1978 (death) Gov. William Waller [1]
3 Winifred Hamrick Farrar 31 July 1978 6 November 2010 (death) Gov. Cliff Finch [1]
4 Natasha Trethewey January 2012 2016 Gov. Haley Barbour [1]
5 Beth Ann Fennelly August 2016 March 2021 Gov. Phil Bryant [2]
6 Catherine Pierce April 2021 present Gov. Tate Reeves [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Library of Congress. U.S. State Poets Laureate: Mississippi. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ Schnugg, Alyssa (10 August 2016). "Oxford's Beth Ann Fennelly named Mississippi poet laureate". Oxford Eagle. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Catherine Pierce named new Mississippi poet laureate". The Clarion-Ledger. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-06-03.


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